Do you sometimes feel that you have to “wear” more than one face

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Analysing: We wear the mask
Advertisements

End of Unit Assessment: Poetry Analysis
Sympathy By Paul Laurence Dunbar
Selection Focus 2-1 Literary Elements Trans. 2-1.
Poetry p
By: Paul Laurence Dunbar
Terms and Examples PART I
Poetry Analysis Refugee in America.
Oral Interpretation.
By Mrs. Julious For World Literature
We Wear the Mask Paul Laurence Dunbar. To Start  The title of Dunbar’s poem for today is We Wear the Mask. What ideas or reactions are created by this.
Paul Laurence Dunbar. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR First African American poet to be recognized nationally June 27, 1872 Dayton, OH Parents were ex-slaves.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN POETS. Paul Laurence Dunbar  Born 1872 in Dayton, Ohio  First African-American poet to gain national recognition.
Harlem Renaissance From Realism To The Zora Neal Hurston Dizzy Gillespe Billie Holliay Richard Wright Jacob Lawrence.
Quiz What was Paul Laurence Dunbar’s first collection of poetry and when was it published? Who is Paul Laurence Dunbar ? Tell me three things that you.
Poetry Terms Types of Poetry.
Douglass & We Wear the Mask By: Paul Laurence Dunbar Anne R., Olivia S., Christian T.
Poetry 7th grade literature.
Paul Laurence Dunbar. Dunbar the Writer One of the 1 st professional African American literary figures One of the 1 st professional African American literary.
Paul Laurence Dunbar. I KNOW my love is true, And oh the day is fair. The sky is clear and blue, The flowers are rich of hue, The air I breathe is rare,
 Introduce elements of poetry.  Write the name of your favorite poem.  In 2-3 sentences, explain why it is your favorite.
  Bell Ringer  Historical Context: Forced Immigration  Tone in Slave Narratives Activity  Exit Slip: Reflection Questions By the end of class, you.
LUIGI J. COMPUESTO AFAS 160 DR. BRYAN CARTER SEPT 30, 2013 Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Poetry p A Simile to explain poetry Poetry is like a circus. Poetry is like a circus.  Full of color, motion, and excitement.
Sonnets 30 and 75 / The Faerie Queene
Poetry: Harlem Renaissance 2/21/14. DO NOW (7min) What images come to mind when you read the following poem: “Poems for my Brother, Kenneth VII” Sleep.
GET IN GROUPS OF 2 Paul Laurence Dunbar “Douglass” “We Wear the Mask”
Frederick Douglass (c ). Frederick Douglass Born Frederick Bailey in Tuckahoe, Maryland The dates in his early life are unclear because he was.
Reconstruction America in the 1870s. The Reconstruction policies were harsh and created problems in the South. The 13 th, 14 th, and 15 th Amendments.
Poetry Analysis – Smile Method
I Have a Dream.
Poetry p
Poetry Terms – Lit Bk pgs
Frederick Douglass Essential Question
Click Here to Begin the Review
Emily Dickinson
Copy the acronym and what it stands for.
Objectives Explain why Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Poetry of Langston Hughes
‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’
Task on Entry I see… I think… I wonder…
Objectives Explain why Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Sympathy and Caged Bird
Frederick Douglass by:Eli Sweatt.
Ballads.
? ‘No Problem’ by Benjamin Zephaniah
Annotation is the ACT of making a note in ANY form while reading
Objectives Explain why Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Unit 1- Poetry.
African Americans and the Civil War
Objectives Explain why Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Reconstruction.
Objectives Explain why Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Poetry of Langston Hughes
The Reconstruction Era
Robert Frost Page COS – 1a; 2a; 2d
Poetry English I.
Poetry Analysis - SMILE
Survey of African American Writing
American Voices: Civil Rights movement
“The Wife of His Youth” Charles W. Chestnutt
Notes: The Slave Narrative
Objectives Explain why Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Ballads.
Poetic Elements & Survival
Guidelines for Answering
African Americans and the Civil War
The Poetry of Langston Hughes
“The Bells” & “Christmas Bells”
FREDRICK DOUGLASS BY: JACOB HAUNER BIRTH: FEBRUARY 1818.
Presentation transcript:

Do you sometimes feel that you have to “wear” more than one face Do you sometimes feel that you have to “wear” more than one face? Are you one person at home, another at school, and yet another when you are out with friends?

Sketch It! Draw pictures showing different faces you might “wear” in different situations.

Paul Laurence Dunbar B. June 27, 1872 D. February 9, 1906

The Poet’s Twin Masks Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote two kinds of poetry. Although he was known and loved for his sentimental verse, written in dialect, about an idyllic, pastoral, pre-Civil War plantation life, he has sometimes been criticized for this work and for failing to confront the issues of racial stereotypes and discrimination. However, Dunbar also produced poems in Standard English that meditate on love, nature, or death; express pride in African Americans; or lament thwarted efforts to live and create freely.

Background He was the son of a slave. Born in Dayton, Ohio Both of his parents had escaped from slavery and brought him up with the love for poetry and history.  Dunbar began to write stories and verse when still a child and was president of his high school's literary society. His first published work came, at age 16, in a newspaper put out by his high- school friends, Wilbur and Orville Wright (the famous Wright brothers).

Background He was the first African American to achieve national recognition for his writing. He was intimately connected with Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington and was honored with a ceremonial sword by President Theodore Roosevelt. His work is known for its colorful language and use of dialect, and a conversational tone, with a brilliant rhetorical structure. He was later diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1900, and moved to Colorado with his wife, he died at age thirty-three on February 9, 1906.

Time period background Post Civil War, and Reconstruction In 1865, the 13th amendment granted freedom for all slaves African Americans had gained their freedom, but they were still fighting for equality. Organizations like the Ku Klux Klan were formed to oppress the African Americans, and to prove that white men were superior. As more and more African American were becoming educated, they realized that they could fight for equal rights, and that they had a say in what was going on in the country.

Douglass What does the speaker tell Douglass in the first two lines of the poem? Summarize what the speaker tells Douglass about the present time. How does the present compare with Douglass’s time? Explain. What does the speaker wish that Douglass could do? What does this wish seem to suggest about the problems of the present? What extended metaphor does the speaker use? Evaluate how well this metaphor represents the struggle the speaker is describing. Do you think the theme, or central message, of the poem is relevant today? Why or why not? What situation or problem is presented in the first stanza of “Douglass”? What resolution is wished for in the second stanza?

We Wear the mask Style- To create rhyme and meter, many poets use inverted sentences–sentences that do not use the usual subject-predicate-direct object word order. Ex: Restate line 3 in standard word order. We pay this debt to human guile.

We wear the mask What words or phrases are repeated in the poem? What is the effect of this repetition? What words does the speaker use to describe the mask? Who wears the mask, and why must it be worn? What reality is hidden behind the mask? What words and images describe that reality? Why do you think Dunbar wrote this poem in Standard English rather than in dialect? How does this choice reinforce the speaker’s theme?